diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
index 8bfac4185ac7..614caac77d74 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct nft_rhash_elem {
 	struct nft_elem_priv		priv;
 	struct rhash_head		node;
 	u32				wq_gc_seq;
-	struct nft_set_ext		ext;
+	struct nft_set_ext		ext __aligned(BITS_PER_LONG/8);
 };
 
 struct nft_rhash_cmp_arg {